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Volume 18, Number 10—October 2012
Letter

West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis Imported into Germany

Jörg Schultze-Amberger1, Petra Emmerich1, Stephan Günther, and Jonas Schmidt-ChanasitComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany (J. Schultze-Amberger); and Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (P. Emmerich, S. Günther, J. Schmidt-Chanasit)

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Table

Results of indirect immunofluorescence assays performed on serum and CSF samples from patient with suspected WNV infection, Germany, 2011*

Virus used as antigen Ig class Antibody titer in serum
 Antibody titer in CSF
Day 4 Day 6 Day 11 Day 26 Day 4 Day 6
WNV IgG 320 1,280 5,120 10,240 20 40
WNV IgM 160 160 1,280 1,280 10 20
SLEV IgG 80 80 1,280 2,560 <10 <10
SLEV IgM 20 20 40 <20 <10 <10
JEV IgG ND <20 ND 1,280 ND <10
JEV IgM ND <20 ND <20 ND <10
DENV IgG ND 80 ND 640 ND <10
DENV IgM ND 20 ND <20 ND <10
YFV IgG ND <20 ND ND ND <10
YFV IgM ND. <20 ND ND ND <10
TBEV IgG ND <20 ND ND ND <10
TBEV IgM ND <20 ND ND ND <10

*CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WNV, West Nile virus; SLEV, St. Louis encephalitis virus; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; ; ND, not done; DENV, dengue virus; YFV, yellow fever virus; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus. Titers <20 for serum and <10 for CSF are considered negative.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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